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Postgraduate Course: Supply Chain Management (CMSE11662)

Course Outline
SchoolBusiness School CollegeCollege of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryA 1% saving on supply chain activity is equivalent to a 10% increase in sales (in revenue terms, Cousins, 2008). This often-quoted statistic certainly motivates organisations (public and private) to focus on efficiently and effectively managing their supply activity.

Strategic Supply Chain Management is concerned with the movement of products, services, finances and information from raw materials to the end-user. More and more, it is also concerned with the recovery of finished goods for recycling or reuse. This elective examines the management of external suppliers in order to reduce costs, drive innovation and protect shareholder wealth.

We take the point of view of the supply chain manager who will be expected to improve product quality, increase responsiveness, reduce risk, and drive innovation while still cutting year-on-year input costs. The topic will therefore be of interest to MBA candidates concerned with issues of building business relationships, saving costs, risk and sustainability, and developing analytical, presentation and people skills.
Course description Academic description This course aims to:

Equip students with the concepts and frameworks they need to understand, analyse and respond to supply chain management problems.
Encourage students to critically explore and analyse alternative ways of understanding and responding to Strategic Supply Management opportunities and challenges.
Enable students to address Strategic Supply Management issues and problems in their own organization by harnessing appropriate concepts and frameworks to analyse real business and management problems.


Outline content
The course aims to provide students with a broad understanding of managing suppliers and the sourcing process. It will show students some of the core skills and techniques required in managing strategic supply chains using an interactive and case-based approach.


Introduction to the workshop Theories of the Firm
Supply Chain Configurations
Supplier selection
Analytic Hierarchy Process
Inter & intra firm relationship management
Strategy, Performance Measurement & Cost-Benefit Analysis
Supplier Involvement in New Product Development
Sustainable supply chain management (Supplier Corporate Social Responsibility)

Student learning experience

The course will be delivered 100% online and is highly interactive
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements Only available to Online MBA students or by the express permission of the Director of MBA Programmes
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1) Quota:  None
Course Start Flexible
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 16, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 8, Online Activities 4, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 70 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) 100% Individual Assignment
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Equip students with the concepts and frameworks they need to understand, analyse and respond to supply chain management problems.
  2. Encourage students to critically explore and analyse alternative ways of understanding and responding to Strategic Supply Management opportunities and challenges.
  3. Enable students to address Strategic Supply Management issues and problems in their own organization by harnessing appropriate concepts and frameworks to analyse real business and management problems.
Reading List
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Additional Information
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Contacts
Course organiserMr Julian Rawel
Tel: (0131 6)50 8067
Email: Julian.Rawel@ed.ac.uk
Course secretaryMs Sarah Yaxley
Tel: (0131 6)50 3475
Email: Sarah.Yaxley@ed.ac.uk
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